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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4051-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4051-2024
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13 Sep 2024
Research article |  | 13 Sep 2024

Planktonic foraminifera assemblage composition and flux dynamics inferred from an annual sediment trap record in the central Mediterranean Sea

Thibauld M. Béjard, Andrés S. Rigual-Hernández, Javier P. Tarruella, José-Abel Flores, Anna Sanchez-Vidal, Irene Llamas-Cano, and Francisco J. Sierro

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